#48B6DD#48B6DD

#48B6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.113 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#48B6DD
RGB	rgb(72, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(196, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.51, -19.11, -28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.51, 34.52, 236.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.0798 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.113 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4463, 40.0505, 74.4131)
Luminance	0.4005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#48B6DD #DD6F48

analogous

#48DDBA #48B6DD #486BDD

triadic

#48B6DD #DD48B6 #B6DD48

tetradic

#48B6DD #BA48DD #DD6F48 #6BDD48

square

#48B6DD #BA48DD #DD6F48 #6BDD48

split-complementary

#48B6DD #DD486B #DDBA48

monochromatic

#1B7190 #249AC3 #48B6DD #7CCBE7 #AFDFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#48B6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#48B6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #48B6DD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##48B6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##48B6DD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #48b6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.113 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccce7',
    500: '#48b6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #48b6dd;
$custom-light: #8ccce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#48b6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.705,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72923,
    "c": 0.11324,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#48B6DD

secondary

#DEB2A2

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #48B6DD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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